I'll let you in on how I started my tech hoarding. I did tech deals, selling as much tech as I could, constantly having 6 buyers and saving as much money as I could. I grabbed a wonder once a month, but otherwise I collected, stayed at 3999 infra, and saved. When I finally had enough money to buy 1000 tech outright, that's when I jumped from a tech buying nation. I bought 1000 tech, and started buying right then and there.